Staff at Vodafone in Trowbridge were told today that 200 jobs are to be relocated to Stoke.

A company spokesman said: "We’re proposing that 200 roles from our Trowbridge contact centre will move to our purpose-built site in Stoke. "This is part of our strategy to create centres of excellence for customer service and utilise our investment in Stoke. As part of this proposal, our Trowbridge contact centre will close in June 2012.

“Today’s changes are about creating a lean and fast-moving organisation. We also want to ensure that people impacted by this are supported to find alternative roles, and that we give them as much notice as we can,” said Abi Bown of Vodafone UK Customer Services.